Montrose County

13 Colorado mutual ditch and reservoir companies have DWR-verified water structures in Montrose County, the oldest decreed right dating to 1877; 2 are DARCA members. 25 companies list a registered address in a city located in — or partly in — Montrose County.

Company Standing Verified structures Relationship
Acme Ditch Company "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 1 WDID Operates structures in Montrose County
Big Blue Ditch Company In good standing Registered in Cimarron
Cimarron Canal And Reservoir Company In good standing Registered in Montrose
Columbine East Irrigation Company, LLC Registered in Montrose
Dallas Ditch Company In good standing Registered in Montrose
Elk Ridge Estates Irrigation Company In good standing Registered in Montrose
Evergreen Heights Ditch & Reservoir Company In good standing Registered in Olathe
Fruitland Irrigation Company In good standing 3 WDIDs Operates structures in Montrose County
Hairpin Lateral Ditch Company "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 2 WDIDs Operates structures in Montrose County
Hayes Teague Ditch Company Delinquent Registered in Montrose
Hieland Ditch Company In good standing Registered in Montrose
Horse Mountain Ditch Company LLC Delinquent Registered in Montrose
Horse Mountain Irrigation Company Delinquent Registered in Montrose
J. & M. Hughes Ditch Company In good standing Registered in Montrose
McDonald Ditch Irrigation Company In good standing Registered in Montrose
Ouray Ditch Company Delinquent 1 WDID Operates structures in Montrose County
Palomino Acres Ditch And Water Company In good standing Registered in Montrose
Paradox Valley Canal & Reservoir Co. In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Montrose County
Registered in Paradox
Rice Ditch In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Montrose County
Rio-Vista Irrigation Association, Inc. Delinquent Registered in Montrose
Ross Brothers Ditch Company "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 1 WDID Operates structures in Montrose County
Sampson & Frasier Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Montrose County
Registered in Montrose
Shavano Valley Ditch Company In good standing 1 WDID Operates structures in Montrose County
Registered in Montrose
Silver Ridge Homeowners And Ditch Association In good standing Registered in Montrose
South 7th Irrigation COOP LCA Delinquent Registered in Olathe
Stark - Volkman Ditch Company In good standing 3 WDIDs Operates structures in Montrose County
Registered in Montrose
Sunrise Ditch, Inc. "Exists" (as recorded by the Secretary of State) 1 WDID Operates structures in Montrose County
The Heritage at Bostwick Park Irrigation/Domestic Water Company, Inc. Delinquent Registered in Montrose
The Redd Rhoades Water Company In good standing Registered in Paradox
Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association In good standing 20 WDIDs Operates structures in Montrose County
Registered in Montrose
Valley View Irrigation Association, Inc. In good standing Registered in Montrose
Virginia Mutual Ditch Company Inc. In good standing 2 WDIDs Operates structures in Gunnison and Montrose counties
Vista San Juan Irrigation Water Users Association In good standing Registered in Montrose

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Standing is from the Colorado Secretary of State as of August 3, 2026: In good standing and “Exists” are both current statuses; Delinquent most commonly follows a missed Periodic Report (other causes exist — see the delinquency guide), usually fixable in one sitting; means the company has no row in the current Secretary of State pull. Full explanation: what this check tells you.

See the statewide ditch map — plotted at their real headgates and reservoirs, straight from state water records (13 of this county's 13 structure-verified companies are plotted; the map itself is statewide, not filtered to Montrose County).